Five years had passed like a beautiful, golden dream. On a warm summer evening at Alexander’s oceanfront estate in Montauk, the Atlantic waves crashed rhythmically against the cliffs below, painting the horizon in shades of rose, gold, and deep violet. On the manicured lawn overlooking the bluffs, five-year-old Aurelie Henriette was laughing joyfully, chasing fireflies through the sea breeze, wearing a white cotton sundress, her raven curls tumbling around her…
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